Validation of the Coping With Discrimination Scale among Arab/Middle Eastern North African Americans.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 ETHNIC STUDIES

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI:10.1037/cdp0000706

Katherine Sadek, Germine H Awad, Ashley M Bennett

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Objectives: Arab/Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Americans experience high levels of discrimination, which is associated with greater engagement in coping strategies to alleviate the stress. The Coping with Discrimination Scale (CDS; Wei, Alvarez, et al., 2010) remains one of the only measures that assesses responses to discrimination. Given the difficulties of conducting research with Arab/MENA groups, few measures have been validated for use with this population. Thus, the purpose of this study is to validate the CDS among Arab/MENA Americans.

Method: The sample consisted of 297 Arab/MENA Americans (n = 139, Christian; n = 158, Muslim). Overall, 143 individuals identified as men and 154 identified as women. The sample's average age was 31.2 years old (SD = 9.5). Confirmatory factor analysis was utilized to assess the preassigned factor structure.

Results: Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the CDS five-factor structure among Arab/MENA participants. All models resulted in poor fit. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was then conducted to identify factors relevant to Christian and Muslim MENA Americans. EFA results were largely similar for both groups and two factors emerged: adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies. Preliminary reliability and incremental validity was explored. Specifically, adaptive (β = -0.11, p = .009) and maladaptive coping (β = 0.52, p < .001) predicted anxiety after accounting for participants' experiences of discrimination.

Conclusion: This study has implications for utilization of the CDS, with the EFA suggesting a more fitting two-factor structure (maladaptive and adaptive coping) and sensitive interpretation of the scale with Arab/MENA populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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在阿拉伯/中东北非裔美国人中验证 "应对歧视量表"。

目标：阿拉伯/中东北非（MENA）裔美国人遭受歧视的程度很高，这与他们更多地采取应对策略以减轻压力有关。应对歧视量表（CDS；Wei、Alvarez 等人，2010 年）仍然是评估歧视反应的唯一量表之一。鉴于对阿拉伯/中东和北非群体开展研究的困难，很少有针对该群体的测量方法经过验证。因此，本研究的目的是在美国阿拉伯人/MENA 人中验证 CDS：样本包括 297 名美国阿拉伯人/MENA 人（n = 139，基督徒；n = 158，穆斯林）。其中男性 143 人，女性 154 人。样本的平均年龄为 31.2 岁（SD = 9.5）。我们采用了确认性因子分析来评估预设的因子结构：结果：在阿拉伯/中东和北非参与者中使用了确认性因素分析来测试 CDS 的五因素结构。所有模型的拟合度都不高。然后进行了探索性因子分析（EFA），以确定与基督教和穆斯林中东和北非裔美国人相关的因子。两个群体的 EFA 结果基本相似，并出现了两个因子：适应性应对策略和适应不良应对策略。研究还探讨了初步的可靠性和增量有效性。具体而言，在考虑了参与者的歧视经历后，适应性应对策略（β = -0.11，p = .009）和适应不良应对策略（β = 0.52，p < .001）预测了焦虑：本研究对 CDS 的使用具有启示意义，EFA 表明双因素结构（适应不良和适应性应对）更适合阿拉伯/中东和北非人群，对量表的解释也更敏感。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有）。

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Multiple-

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5.90

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6.10%

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101

期刊介绍： Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology seeks to publish theoretical, conceptual, research, and case study articles that promote the development of knowledge and understanding, application of psychological principles, and scholarly analysis of social–political forces affecting racial and ethnic minorities.